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Monday, 11 June 2012

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Question:

Prove that:
ex2dx=π

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  1. Ok. One more attempt!
    Solution:
    Let I=ex2dx
    Since x is a dummy variable we can also write: I=ey2dy
    By multiplying the two together, we get:
    I2=ex2dxey2dy=e(x2+y2)dxdy
    Think of the x and y parameters as Cartesian coordinates, so this double integra;l is the integral over all the plane of
    e(x2+y2)
    Change to polar coordinates : xrcosθ,yrsinθ,dxdyrdrdθ to get:
    I2=2π0dθ0rer2dr=2π0rer2dr=π0er2dr2=π0eudu=π
    Therefore, since I2=π
    we have I=π
    or ex2dx=π

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  2. Test LaTex
    1. I=ex2dx

    With dollar signs
    2. $I = \int\limits_{ - \infty }^\infty {{e^{ - {x^2}}}dx} $

    With backticks
    3. `I=ex2dx`

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  3. Test with backticks around dollar signs:

    4. `$I = \int\limits_{ - \infty }^\infty {{e^{ - {x^2}}}dx} $`

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  4. Curly brackets test

    {I=ex2dx}

    I=ex2dx

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  5. Curly brackets test {I=ex2dx} I=ex2dx on

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